Could inappropriate content be considered as adultery?

[zoidar]

I have started to think that inappropriate content might be that serious. If we think it's wrong, yet don't take it for the seriousness as it is, we may not do our best to avoid it. Thoughts?

 

[Gregory Thompson]

I have started to think that inappropriate content is that serious.

Matthew 5:28 as a flavor text, if it is being treated as the word inappropriate content implies, probably yes. It's a matter of the heart.

 

[dqhall]

I have started to think that inappropriate content might be that serious.

inappropriate content is text, photos, or video. The way a person reacts to inappropriate content determines whether or not it does damage. The use of inappropriate content has been associated with lust in some people. Lust was a step on the path to worse, unless the next step turns away from lust.

inappropriate content is from the Greek word inappropriate contenteia. inappropriate contenteia was used to describe prostitution, premarital sex (fornication), etc. A different Greek word is used to describe adultery.
inappropriate contenteia Definition — What is the meaning of the Greek word inappropriate contenteia in the Bible?

 

[Gregory Thompson]

inappropriate content is text, photos, or video. The way a person reacts to inappropriate content determines whether or not it does damage. The use of inappropriate content has been associated with lust in some people. Lust was a step on the path to worse, unless the next step turns away from lust.

inappropriate content is from the Greek word inappropriate contenteia. inappropriate contenteia was used to describe prostitution, premarital sex (fornication), etc. A different Greek word is used to describe adultery.
inappropriate contenteia Definition — What is the meaning of the Greek word inappropriate contenteia in the Bible?

So in Matthew 5:28, Jesus bridged the two concepts. All sin is the same to God, the seed is the tree is the fruit - same with good things too.

 

[Hazelelponi]

I have started to think that inappropriate content might be that serious. If we think it's wrong, yet don't take it for the seriousness as it is, we may not do our best to avoid it. Thoughts?

I think it is absolutely... As Jesus said even looking at another with lust in your heart is adultery.

However, I dont get the draw of inappropriate content myself. It's nothing that even interests me as a human being, and I don't, can't in fact, understand anyone's struggle with it as a serious temptation so while I can call it sin all day long I don't understand why any Christian might be drawn to it in the first place. It confuses me truly.

 

[zoidar]

So in Matthew 5:28, Jesus bridged the two concepts. All sin is the same to God, the seed is the tree is the fruit - same with good things too.

Is all sin the same to God? Is there no difference to God if I lust for a woman on the street or if I have sex with her?

 

[seeking.IAM]

One of the first things I learned in freshman sociology class was, "If a man thinks a thing is true, it is true for him." So I will add to this discussion that when a inappropriate content user is in a relationship, their inappropriate content use is adultery if their partner thinks it is.

As a marriage and family therapist, I have learned to ask more questions when a spouse says their partner "cheated on me." I have my idea of what that means. Yet, I've learned everyone defines cheating differently. For some cheating is a sexual affair, for others its sexting, watching inappropriate content, flirting, talking to that guy or girl at work, or friending their ex on Facebook. Different people set the bar in different places.

Bottom line is inappropriate content is one of many things that affects relationships, which is what happens in adultery.

 

[zoidar]

I think it is absolutely... As Jesus said even looking at another with lust in your heart is adultery.

However, I dont get the draw of inappropriate content myself. It's nothing that even interests me as a human being, and I don't, can't in fact, understand anyone's struggle with it as a serious temptation so while I can call it sin all day long I don't understand why any Christian might be drawn to it in the first place. It confuses me truly.

I will have to say you are blessed that you aren't tempted by it. Many struggle or have struggled with it. In all honesty, it's a temptation I also have struggled with.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Is all sin the same to God? Is there no difference to God if I lust for a woman on the street or if I have sex with her?

According to what Jesus said, no. There is no difference at all.

From our perspective it may not make as much sense, but God lives in a different dimensional reality so time flows differently there.

 

[zoidar]

According to what Jesus said, no. There is no difference at all.

From our perspective it may not make as much sense, but God lives in a different dimensional reality so time flows differently there.

What about Paul then?

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
— 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

 

[Gregory Thompson]

What about Paul then?

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
— 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

It is written elsewhere in the bible that the lamp of the wicked is sin.

Just as God's light gives a rainbow of faith, hope, and love and everything in between.

Sin prisms out as well in the way it manifests in creation, but sin is sin, it's all the same to God.

 

[zoidar]

It is written elsewhere in the bible that the lamp of the wicked is sin.

Just as God's light gives a rainbow of faith, hope, and love and everything in between.

Sin prisms out as well in the way it manifests in creation, but sin is sin, it's all the same to God.

Paul is describing acts of sin. Do you think he says just looking at a woman with lust and we won't inherit the kingdom of God? Then how many can be saved?

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Paul is describing acts of sin. Do you think he says just looking at a woman with lust and we won't inherit the kingdom of God? Then how many can be saved?

Paul also said it is no longer I who sin, but the sin within me that sins O wretched man that I am.

The body is carnal and won't be saved anyway. Cultivate the divine nature and outgrow the carnal - guilt re-inforces the addictive cycles anyway.

 

[zoidar]

Paul also said it is no longer I who sin, but the sin within me that sins O wretched man that I am.

The body is carnal and won't be saved anyway. Cultivate the divine nature and outgrow the carnal - guilt re-inforces the addictive cycles anyway.

But I like to understand exactly what Paul means. To me it sounds like he is referring to people that live this way, they steal, cheat, commit adultery on regular basis etc. Getting drunk once doesn't make you a drunkard. The problem is that many lust for women on regular basis even they would never go through with more than looking. That's why I think there might be difference from looking than acting.

Even if you are right there is no difference in God's eyes, there is difference how it effects our heart. Calling someone a prick or murdering someone has a very different impact on our heart.

 

[Hazelelponi]

But I like to understand exactly what Paul means. To me it sounds like he is referring to people that live this way, they steal, cheat, commit adultery on regular basis etc. Getting drunk once doesn't make you a drunkard. The problem is that many lust for women on regular basis even they would never go through with more than looking. That's why I think there might be difference from looking than acting.

You may like John Pipers teaching on wilful sin:

How Does ‘Willful Sinning’ Threaten My Salvation?

 

[Sabertooth]

It even goes a step further than just the viewer's intentions.
It can happen because of the model's, photographer's or artist's intentions.

1. My ASD3 daughter is almost 27yo. As her guardian & caregiver (alongside my wife), I participate in bathing, toileting and fixing wardrobe malfunctions, etc.
2. As an amateur figure artist, I have various anatomy & eidonomy books.
3. With my wife's blessing, I used to use soft core inappropriate content in the same capacity as #2.

One time when I was getting prayer, the person saw something unclean on my hands. (They did not know about the above.) It turns out it was because of drawing from #3, even though my use of it was innocent.

Neither #1 nor #2 had that effect, so it came back to the purpose of the media...!
My wife & I steer clear of that stuff now.

Further, so much of inappropriate content is actually rape that is caught on-camera...!

 

[Gregory Thompson]

But I like to understand exactly what Paul means. To me it sounds like he is referring to people that live this way, they steal, cheat, commit adultery on regular basis etc. Getting drunk once doesn't make you a drunkard. The problem is that many lust for women on regular basis even they would never go through with more than looking. That's why I think there might be difference from looking than acting.

Even if you are right there is no difference in God's eyes, there is difference how it effects our heart. Calling someone a prick or murdering someone has a very different impact on our heart.

The heart is what matters, but explaining how a lustful gaze has the same connective potential as an actual touch is a little off topic.

 

[zoidar]

You may like John Pipers teaching on wilful sin:

How Does ‘Willful Sinning’ Threaten My Salvation?

I'll look at it tomorrow. Gotta sleep! Good night!

 

[zoidar]

The heart is what matters, but explaining how a lustful gaze has the same connective potential as an actual touch is a little off topic.

No not really. If our heart is like a piece of paper. A small sin is a small dot. A big sin is a huge dot. If bigger sins muddens our hearts more, how can God see all sins the same way?

 

[Gregory Thompson]

No not really. If our heart is like a piece of paper. A small sin is a small dot. A big sin is a huge dot. If bigger sins muddens our hearts more, how can God see all sins the same way?

I guess if it was just a piece of paper that would make sense.
What if it was more like underwater, and things were floating around?